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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Alberta justices emphasize independence in rare statement after remarks by Danielle Smith

They spoke out after the Alberta Premier said she wished she could ‘direct’ judges

Matthew Scace

4 min read

Federal immigration agents detain a man during an operation by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol in St. Paul, Minnesota on Tuesday.

Minnesota protesters vow to keep up fight against Trump’s immigration crackdown

Demonstrators see victory in decision to remove commander-at-large Gregory Bovino, but want federal agents to leave entirely

Adrian MorrowReporting from Minneapolis

4 min read

Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives on Parliament Hill ahead of a cabinet meeting in Ottawa, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Carney says almost nothing is normal in the U.S., denies walking back Davos speech

U.S. Treasury Secretary claims the Prime Minister ‘very aggressively’ retreated from pointed remarks made about the President

Steven Chase and Bill Curry

3 min read

Then-British Columbia chief electoral officer Anton Boegman in Victoria, in September, 2020.

Former B.C. chief electoral officer tapped to head Foreign Influence Transparency Registry

Anton Boegman has experience handling foreign interference and disinformation in provincial elections

Robert Fife

4 min read

A worker polishes gold bullion bars at the ABC Refinery in Sydney. Mining M&A reshaped the Canadian industry last year, with 803 transactions valued at $61.2-billion, according to a recent report from Bennett Jones LLP.

Surging gold and silver prices expected to spur more mining takeovers

Artemis Gold, Skeena Resources and Seabridge Gold are among the mid-tier targets highlighted by analysts

Andrew Willis

3 min read

Canadian Olympic Committee works to navigate a very spread out Winter Games in Italy

Milan Cortina is considered the most geographically widespread Olympics in history, spanning 22,000 square kilometres

Rachel Brady

6 min read

Workers walk by crude oil tanks at Cenovus' Sunrise oil facility northeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta, in 2023.

India an ideal target for increased Canadian energy exports, analysts say

India’s High Commissioner to Canada says there is ‘huge field’ of opportunity for trade co-operation

Emma Graney

3 min read

SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN - OCTOBER 29: Chevrolet Equinox EVs are shown for sale at a Chevrolet dealership on October 29, 2025 in Southfield, Michigan. General Motors announced today it will be laying off 3,300 hourly employees around the country at plants that make electric vehicles and batteries due to slowing EV consumer interest. GM's all-electric Factory Zero plant, which manufactures the Chevrolet Silverado EV and the GMC Sierra EV, among others, will be hit the hardest, with 1,200 workers to be laid off. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

GM predicts tariffs will cost it $4-billion this year

Detroit-based automaker paid US$3.1-billion in 2025 after Trump imposed tariffs

Eric Atkins

3 min read

Adrian Thomas, chief executive officer of Hammond Power Solutions, at the company facility in Guelph, Ont., on Jan 16.

How a small-town company that can trace its roots to 1917 is helping fuel the AI boom

CEO bullish on the future of Hammond Power Solutions, which produces cables used in AI data centres

Joe Castaldo

5 min read

How we live

Five helpful strategies for living with chronic pain, according to a health psychologist

Practising radical acceptance and cultivating a balanced perspective can help you feel less preoccupied by your pain

Dr. Jennifer Caspari

4 min read

Autism charity facing OPP probe of provincial grants

Jeff Gray

An audit this past fall concluded that Labour Minister David Piccini's office had ignored advice from bureaucrats and handed out money from the province's Skills Development Fund to groups that had scored poorly on their applications, passing over higher-scoring applicants.

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Renewable energy deals dry up in Alberta as Nova Scotia takes the lead, report says

Emma Graney

Alberta’s electricity "rate of last resort" is now set at about 12 cents per kilowatt hour until 2027. Power transmission lines are seen with the Rocky Mountains in the background near Pincher Creek, Alta., Thursday, June 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

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Shell, Mitsubishi mull altering stakes in LNG Canada to raise funds for expansion

Brent Jang

A liquid natural gas (LNG) carrier ship docked at LNG Canada's export facility in Kitimat, B.C., on Aug. 19, 2025. LNG Canada’s Phase 2 expansion plans are on the federal government’s list of major projects to be considered for fast-tracking.

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Metro CEO says GST credit hike ‘a good thing,’ but much of food inflation outside grocers’ control

Susan Krashinsky Robertson

Eric La Fleche, CEO of Metro, poses for a portrait before Metro’s Annual General Meeting in Montreal on January 27, 2026.
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Neil Young gives Greenland a year’s worth of free access to his music

Brad Wheeler

Neil Young, shown in 2019, also recently urged a boycott of Amazon and called for a national strike after two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.

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Man wounded after shootout with Border Patrol agents in Arizona

FILE - A U.S. Border Patrol patch is seen, Nov. 3, 2025, in Rosemont, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

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Outrage in Italy as ICE agents to support security at Winter Olympics

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators carry signs condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) near the site where a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 24, 2026. REUTERS/Tim Evans/File Photo

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With Sittler in attendance, Maple Leafs fall to Sabres to extend losing streak

Paul Attfield

Buffalo Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin (centre) celebrates his goal with Tyson Kozak (48) as Maple Leafs winger Nick Robertson (89) looks on in Toronto on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

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Nearly half of members of Women Veterans Council quit

Stephanie Levitz

Minister of Veterans Affairs Jill McKnight.

3 min read

Opinion

Even poor students of history can see what’s happening to the U.S.

Robyn Urback

4 min read

The Carney Liberals find bad habits are hard to break

The Editorial Board

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a news conference in Quebec City on Jan. 22. On Monday, Mr. Carney unveiled a boost to the GST credit as part of a package of measures targeting affordability.

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A trial unfolding in a B.C. courtroom shows journalists are more important than ever

Marsha Lederman

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Should we do away with childhood vaccine mandates?

André Picard

4 min read

After yet another Maple Leafs face plant, we can say it: this team is cooked

Cathal Kelly

3 min read

There’s no better representation of the Leafs’ relationship with Toronto than Nylander’s finger

Cathal Kelly

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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech on energy and the economy, in Clive, Iowa, U.S., January 27, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

‘Trump and civil unrest are undermining confidence’: U.S. dollar slides to a four-year low

4 min read

John Sleeman, right, started Spring Mill Distillery in Guelph, Ont., in part to give his sons Cooper, left, and Quinn the opportunity to participate in the family’s entrepreneurial legacy.

First beer, now whisky: the Sleemans revive a six-generation legacy

Jessica Huras

4 min read

Fire crews work to put out hot spots in the Maligne Lodge in Jasper, Alta., on Friday July 26, 2024.

Meet the fire commander who faced the ‘Monster of Jasper’

Stacy Lee Kong

5 min read

analysis

A story of affordability: How Canada’s housing market shifted in 2025

Price declines in Ontario and B.C. outweighed gains elsewhere, reflecting growing influence of affordability

Hanif Bayat

3 min read

Canada is becoming a super-aged nation this year. Are we prepared?

Meera Raman

4 min read

Financial Facelift - (Jennifer Gauthier/The Globe and Mail)

Can Yasmin, 55, afford to buy a Vancouver condo without risking her financial security?

Dianne Maley

6 min read

Young female enjoying her cup of tea outdoors

Why eliminating financial temptation is better than resisting it

Erica Alini

2 min read

Opinion and Analysis

Specialist Meric Greenbaum works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, as a television shows President Donald Trump speaking at the World Economic Forum, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

opinion

Markets have proved resilient to Trump’s chaos. But investors should be ready for more

Rob Carrick

4 min read

Demonstrators hold signs during a protest outside the office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

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Why Minnesota CEOs feel the need to speak on the killings and unrest

Gus Carlson

4 min read

U.S. Navy and Coast Guard boats patrol San Diego Bay in July, 2019.

opinion

Canadian companies can win the trade wars by being essential to the U.S. government

Andrew Willis

3 min read

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent raises a finger moments after detaining a man during an immigration raid, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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Shame on Hootsuite for abandoning Canadian values in taking ICE contract

Dana Cramer

3 min read

Life & Culture

Five helpful strategies for living with chronic pain, according to a health psychologist

Practising radical acceptance and cultivating a balanced perspective can help you feel less preoccupied by your pain

Dr. Jennifer Caspari

4 min read

Taylor Swift’s taste in wine has fans embracing Sancerre

Christopher Waters

FILE - Taylor Swift performs at Wembley Stadium as part of her Eras Tour June 21, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)

5 min read

Trans actor Scott Turner Schofield shares why he left the U.S. and what inspired new film

Aisling Murphy

A still from Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps of Scott Turner Schofield.

4 min read

review

Is Samsonite’s repairable rolling bag the answer to my luggage dreams?

Catherine Dawson March

The suitcase's interior has an AirTag holder, zipped mesh compartments, matching packing cubes and a storage area for wet things.

2 min read

Cookbook author Natasha Pickowicz wants everyone to get in on hot pot

Fiorella Valdesolo

Author
Natasha Pickowicz's new hot pot cookbook
Everyone Hot Pot ‘

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Canada & World

May Louie shovels her walkway in the Riverdale neighbourhood of Toronto. On Sunday, a massive snowstorm walloped the GTA and Ontario, schools were shut down on Monday and city cleanup will likely take days.

Toronto digs out after a record snowfall

Storm closes schools, snarls traffic, impairs transit service – but thrills tobogganers

6 min read

The federal government announced the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care program in its 2021 budget. It was intended to prioritize the creation of spaces in non-profit daycares.

National $10-a-day child-care program expected to miss target, report says

4 min read

Health officials say four labs have been damaged after burst pipes sent water pouring through a building at Douglas Mental Health University Institute, in Montreal, as shown in this handout still from video. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Sylvain Williams (Mandatory Credit)

Four labs damaged in flood at mental health hospital in Montreal

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Uganda opposition leader and National Unity Platform presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi arrives to casts his ballot in Kampala on Jan. 15. Mr. Kyagulanyi came in second in the election, and escaped from house arrest on Jan. 17.

Ugandan opposition leader eludes arrest as manhunt grips country

3 min read

Albertans line up at the Big Four Building to sign a petition triggering a referendum asking if Alberta should secede from Canada, in Calgary on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dayne Patterson

Hundreds line up in Calgary to sign petition to urge vote on Alberta leaving Canada

3 min read

A man carries his dog as they make their way through snow and ice, in the aftermath of a major winter storm, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

U.S. braces for more freezing temperatures as massive winter storm leaves at least 45 dead

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